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A FRENCH sociologist has uncovered what he believes are the elements of the ideal French home. We asked domestic experts elsewhere what matters when it comes to home design

The Iraqi “We Iraqis have an unusual taste in real estate, it’s true. We’re not overly fond of the traditional four-walls-and-a-roof ideal. We’d far prefer a roofless, stinking, smoking hole reduced to jagged rubble, with dirty water, no electricity and a liberal smattering of unexploded warheads in the front garden. That sort of thing. This is the décor we yearned for throughout the 24 years of Saddam’s rule. Now that he has gone, we’re terribly grateful to Blair and Bush for making our dream a reality. No, really. Thanks for that.”